The paradox of disability : responses to Jean Vanier and L'Arche communities from theology and the sciences / edited by Hans S. Reinders.

Based on papers originally presented at a conference held in Trosly-Breuil, France in March 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human vulnerability : a conversation at L'Arche / Hans S. Reinders -- What have people with learning disabilities taught me? / Jean Vanier -- Drawing closer : preserving love in the face of "hypercognitive" values / Stephen G. Post -- Dementia : a spiritual journey for the patient and the caregivers / Christina Puchalski -- Effects of social exclusion and interpersonal rejection : an overview with implications for human disability / Roy F. Baumeister -- Moral transformation in L'Arche communities for people with developmental disabilities / Kevin S. Reimer -- Disability attitudes, cultural conditions, and the moral imagination / Pamela Cushing -- The sign of contradiction / Xavier Le Pichon -- Learning from people with disabilities : how to ask the right questions / William C. Gaventa -- Seeing peace : L'Arche as a peace movement / Stanley Hauerwas -- Supererogation and the riskiness of human vulnerability / Brian Brock -- Known by God / John Swinton -- Watch the lilies of the field : theological reflections on profound disability and time / Hans S. Reinders -- On the importance of suffering : the paradoxes of disability / Christopher Newell.